USPS: New Forever Stamps Commemorate Battlefields of the American Revolution
A quote from Thomas Paine in the upper right of the pane begins, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”
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USPS announces no stamp price changes for January 2025
Accordingly, the price of a stamp to mail a 1-once single-piece First-Class Mail letter will not increase.
USPS employees can order semipostal stamp T-shirts until Aug. 15
August 7, 2024 The deadline for Postal Service employees to order T-shirts to promote semipostal stamps is Thursday, Aug. 15. Employees can order the shirts from Tee Luv, at their own expense, using password USPS2024. Tee Luv is a provider of USPS-licensed apparel. Uniformed employees can wear the licensed semipostal stamp T-shirts during promotional activities, with…
The first Forever stamp was issued April 12, 2007
April 12, 2024 Who says nothing is forever anymore? The Postal Service’s first Forever stamp — the Liberty Bell — was issued on April 12, 2007, and dedicated that day at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. By July of that year, 1.2 billion had been sold. The subject of the stamp was fitting, as the stamp liberated USPS and…
USPS OIG: The Price of a Stamp – An International Comparison
In part due to the scale and scope of the U.S. Mail market as well as differences in regulatory frameworks — such as universal service obligations and price caps — the 2023 price of a standard domestic letter in the U.S. was nearly half the average price in our 31 sampled countries. Stamp prices in…
USPS: Presidents Day will be observed Monday, Feb. 19
February 15, 2024 Washington’s Birthday, also known as Presidents Day, will be observed Monday, Feb. 19. The annual observance began in the early 19th century. After George Washington’s death in 1799, his birthday — Feb. 22 — was celebrated informally across the young nation. In 1879, Congress declared Feb. 22 a federal holiday. A 1968…
New prices will take effect Jan. 21 – USPS announced the changes last fall
January 17, 2024 The Postal Service price changes announced last fall will take effect Sunday, Jan. 21. Under the changes, prices will rise approximately 2 percent for mailing services, 5.7 percent for Priority Mail, 5.9 percent for Priority Mail Express and 5.4 percent for USPS Ground Advantage. The price adjustments are needed to provide the…
Nation’s first PMG, Benjamin Franklin, was born 318 years ago on January 17
January 12, 2023 Perhaps it’s fitting that the Postal Service, an organization that has touched every corner of American life, can trace its roots to the most quintessential American. Benjamin Franklin, the nation’s first postmaster general, was born 318 years ago on Jan. 17, 1706. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and…